Roaring 20s
Was the Roaring ’20s more of a Republican or Democratic decade?
What is Republican?
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash?
Who was president when the Great Depression began?
Who was Herbert Hoover?
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to address the Great Depression called?
What was the New Deal?
Which First Lady became known for taking an active role in politics and public issues?
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
What is the total value of goods and services produced by a country called?
What is Gross National Product (GNP)?
Name one economic problem that existed before the Stock Market Crash.
What is economic hardship in rural America, problems in Europe, uneven distribution of wealth, or stock-market speculation?
Hoover believed that local and state governments should take the lead in providing relief. What was this policy called?
What is Localism?
What were the three major goals of the New Deal?
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
What group of African American advisers did Roosevelt bring into his administration?
What was the Black Cabinet?
What allowed many Americans to purchase consumer goods even when they did not have all the money upfront?
What is credit?
What happened when farmers produced more crops than consumers wanted to buy?
What is a surplus developed, prices fell, and farmers struggled financially?
What group of World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C., demanding their promised bonuses?
Who were the Bonus Army?
What New Deal program provided jobs through public works projects?
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
What was one purpose of the Indian New Deal?
What is to provide economic assistance and give Native Americans greater control over their own affairs?
Why did many American farmers struggle during the 1920s?
What is farmers produced large surpluses, prices fell, and many struggled to repay debts?
What environmental disaster struck the Great Plains during the Great Depression?
What is the Dust Bowl?
Who defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election?
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What law created pensions for retirees, unemployment insurance, and assistance for people with disabilities?
What was the Social Security Act?
What nickname was given to many Dust Bowl migrants who left the Great Plains looking for work?
What are Okies? Or What are Arkies?
Between 1923 and 1929, worker productivity increased much faster than workers' wages. What did this contribute to?
What is the growing gap between rich Americans and workers?
Severe drought combined with over-farming and poor land management created this environmental disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
During Roosevelt's presidency, an economic downturn occurred in 1938. What major international issue began receiving more of his attention?
What are events leading toward World War II?
Name two groups that received help from New Deal programs.
What are the elderly, poor, unemployed, farmers, people with disabilities, or rural Americans?
Name two states that were heavily affected by the Dust Bowl.
What are Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, or Colorado?